My Brother's Husband, Volume 1

By Gengoroh Tagame, Anne Ishii (translator),

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One of Amazon.com's Top 10 Graphic Novels of the year

'[My Brother's Husband] arrives in the UK garlanded with praise from, among others, Alison Bechdel. It's not hard to see why. Not only is it very touching; it's also, for the non-Japanese reader, unexpectedly fascinating' Rachel Cooke, Observer, Graphic Novel…

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1 author picked My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I still remember when this book came out my senior year of high school, and how ridiculously excited my friends and I were to find out about it. It was probably one of my first times finding some good, wholesome gay representation in manga.

An unknown brother-in-law traveling from Canada to Japan to meet his husband’s family, with personal character growth about gay acceptance? Sign me up!

I feel like I’m always down to read more about family dynamics that aren’t your typical nuclear setup, so this is just a win-win for me.

From Emmarie's list on LGBTQ+ manga/graphic novels.

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